Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-06-30
MCGOWAN 81 NICHOLS, Publishers.
MURDERED AT HIS HOME
Further Particulars of the Death
Of Samuel S. Shull.

Late Arizona papers give the partlc-
uars of the murder OF our former
townsman, Mr.. Samuel S. Shull, a
statement of whose death was pub
lished in the PIONEER a few weeks
since.
The body was discovered on Friday
evening, May Goth, by a boy who was
riding by Mr.. Shulrs cabin. Seeing
the door open, he looked in, and was
Mortified to see the dead body of its
owner lying on the floor. He lmme-
,diately rode to the nearest residence,
hat of George Pemberton, who lives
with his family on a ranch about one
mile from the Shull cabin. Here as
sistance was procured and a messenger
dispatched to Fort Verde, forty miles
distant, to telegraph to the authorities
at Prescott and Flagstaff. 1t was
found that Mr.. Shull had been shot
through the heart and twice through
the head. either of which wounds would
have proven fatal, and the body had
been lying where it was found, about
two days.
Mr.. Shullwas last seen on Wednes-
day evening previous to the murder,
by his neighbor, George Pemberton,
to whose house he came in company
with stranger, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning change for $50. From what
the deceased then stated, it seems that
this stranger had ridden up to Mr..
Shulrs cabin on horseback and wanted
to swap horses, with one that he saw
belonging to Mr.. Shull, and as the
horse the stranger was riding was a
good animal, the trade was made, Mr..
Shull agreeing to give So in money for
the exchange, and having no small
change, it was to obtain this $5 that
the parties went to Pemberton's ranch
1t was stated that the stranger was
going to stop with Mr.. Shull that
night and the latter promised Mr.. Penn
berton to come over to the house the
next morning to make some arrange
ment as to branding calves. AS Mr.. Shull
did not come over the next morning,
which was Thursday, Mr.. Pemberton
states that he took no notice of it,
thinking that some other business was
probably occupying Mr.. Shulrs atten-
tion This is about all of the direct
facts given at the inquest.
At what time the stranger left or
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He stated that he was bound for the
Mineral Belt tie camp. When the
men were at Pemberton's house, Shull
showed large roll Of bills in his pos
session, and as no money was found
on the dead body or on the premises,
plunder as we'll as murder was COM
mitted.
DIR. Marion, of Fort Verde, examined
the body and testified as to the cause
of death. The supposition is that the
first shot was fired from a pistol from
the outside of the cabin, through a
crevice between the logs. The shot
struck Shull in the back, going through
his heart and causing instant death.
The murderer then evidently ap-
preached his victim, and to make sure
of his deadly work, fired two shots
through his brain, one entering at the
back of the head and the other near
the ear, the pistol being held close
enough for the powder to blacken the
flesh. The murdered man must have
been taken entirely unawares, as a
double -barreled shot gun, loaded and
cooked was standing within his reach
where he fell. The wounds were made
with a 45 calibre revolver, and the
stranger was seen with such weapon
in his possession.
The officers are in search of the
stranger, who, it has been discovered,
was recently released from Jail.
Mr.. Shull was doing we'll upon his
ranch, where he had prospered greatly.
He had herd of 400 head of cattle
and considerable money at interest.